Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Stop the Presses...the Painter is Coming

I'm preparing my bedroom/library/computer room for the painter and I will either stop posting for the duration or post obsessively as a way of avoiding all the decisions (e.g., Do I really need this? Where will I put it temporarily? How will I remember where it came from? If I put it back in a different place, will I ever find it again? If I can't find it, why not just throw it out right now?)

About Cousin Lucy

The woman depicted in the spoon is Cousin Lucy (1889-1983), who gave me the spoon and many gifts of her time and skill as a seamstress. She was my mom's favorite cousin. I had always thought the spoon was from Israel, but discovered only recently that it was bought in New York.